Two caught for La Habra takeover robbery

LA HABRA - Four armed men took iPads and iPhones from a cell phone store plus robbed the employees and customers Monday night.

Two of the suspects were later arrested but two others got away.

Cindy Knapp, spokeswoman for the La Habra Police Department, said officers responded to the AT&T store in the 2000 block of West Imperial Highway regarding an armed robbery that had just occurred.

According to victims, four men brandishing handguns entered the store around 8:40 p.m. The suspects were described as black men in their mid 20s wearing dark-colored hooded sweatshirts.

"Initially, they ordered store staff members and customers to the floor, but then decided to corral them all into a back room," Knapp said in a statement.

She said one of the suspects ordered the store manager at gunpoint to open the safe and load all of the iPhones and iPads he had into a bag.

The robbers then took the purses and wallets from everyone and emptied them of cash.

The suspects left.

Knapp said information about the armed robbery was broadcast to surrounding agencies. Sheriff's deputies found the suspects in a black Dodge Charger in Norwalk. Near the intersection of Dartmoor Avenue and Excelsior Drive, the car's four occupants got out and fled.

One was detained at gunpoint and a second suspect was located a short time later, Knapp said.

Deputies closed off the area and searched. But the two other suspects eluded them.

San Bernardino residents Deyonta Deshawn Sutton, 24, and Jaquan Donta Whitley, 23, were arrested on suspicion of robbery and kidnapping.

Sutton and Whitley were being held at the Intake Release Center in Santa Ana without bail. They will be arraigned in Central Jail Court on Wednesday.

Anyone with information regarding the identity and location of the two outstanding suspects is asked to call the La Habra Police Department at 562-905-9750. Anonymous tipsters can call 1-855-847-6227 or text a tip to 274637 starting with OCCS in the message field.